FAIRFIELD—Fairfield University’s new Fairfield Bellarmine program, offering two-year associate’s degrees to low-income and first-generation students from the Greater Bridgeport area, is now accepting applications for fall 2023 admission.
In the Jesuit tradition of serving urban communities and opening access to education for all, Fairfield Bellarmine will offer strong professional preparation and enhanced academic support to low-income and first-generation students from the Greater Bridgeport area, at little or no cost to students and their families. Applications are now being accepted on a rolling basis, with a Priority Application deadline of March 1, 2023.
Grounded in a rigorous liberal arts tradition, students will pursue a two-year associate’s degree, choosing one from among four academic track options: business, computer science, liberal arts and nursing and healthcare.
Fairfield Bellarmine graduates will be prepared to either continue their studies for two more years toward a bachelor’s degree or embark on a meaningful professional career.
Named after St. Robert Bellarmine, S.J., the patron saint of Fairfield University, this new academic division of Fairfield will welcome the first cohort of up to 100 talented students to Bellarmine Campus — located at 1596 Boston Ave. in Bridgeport, Conn. — for the 2023-24 academic year. To learn more about Fairfield Bellarmine, including ways to support the program, visit fairfield.edu/bellarmine. To request information, visit the online portal. Email bc@fairfield.edu for questions.
Fairfield University is a modern, Jesuit Catholic University, rooted in one of the world’s oldest intellectual and spiritual traditions. More than 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students from 36 states, 47 foreign countries, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are enrolled in the University’s five schools. In the spirit of rigorous and sympathetic inquiry into all dimensions of human experience, Fairfield welcomes students from diverse backgrounds to share ideas and engage in open conversations. The University is located in the heart of a region where the future takes shape, on a stunning campus on the Connecticut coast just an hour from New York City.
